Elsa Heros, CNM

Elsa’s journey into nursing began when she graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Spanish.\n\n After receiving her Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing/Nurse Midwifery degrees from Yale University in 1996, she began caring for women in the clinical setting providing full care during labor, delivery, and postpartum. She has served on the faculties of the University of California San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital as well as the University of Southern Maine. While at USM she precepted nursing students at Northern Light Mercy Hospital’s Birthplace in Portland.\n\n “Pregnancy, birth, and motherhood inspire and humble me every day. I am so blessed to get to do what I do. I am a single mom to two awesome kiddos. When I’m not catching babies or napping after delivering babies, you’ll find me snuggling with my dogs and cats, trying to keep up with my kiddos, or unwinding with dance.”